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FXUS63 KFGF 010401
AFDFGF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1001 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1000 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
THE SKY WAS CLEAR OVER EASTERN ND. SKIES WILL CLEAR FOR THE REST OF
THE NIGHT. INCREASING CLOUDS WILL OCCUR TOWARD MORNING. TEMPS NEAR
ZERO IN THE NORTHWEST ZONES ALREADY. WILL DECREASE TEMPS FOR
TONIGHT.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 657 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
PRECIP HAS MOSTLY MOVED INTO NORTHWEST MN AND WAS MOVING EAST ABOUT
20 KNOTS. PRECIP SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MIDNIGHT.
UPDATED POPS TO REFLECT CURRENT MOVEMENT. TWEAKED HOURLY TEMPS AND
WINDS WITH COLDER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE WEST AND WINDS SHIFT MORE
WEST/NORTHWEST.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 310 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
THE MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE TEMPS AND LIGHT SNOW CHANCES. MODELS
CONTINUE IN GOOD AGREEMENT...AND THE GFS HAS DONE WELL LATELY.
FOR TONIGHT...SOME COOLING WILL MOVE IN FROM THE W/NW...ALTHOUGH
WINDS WILL REMAIN UP A BIT...SO IT WON/T GET TOO COLD. THERE WILL
BE AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW/FLURRIES THAT SHOULD MOVE INTO NW MN
THROUGH THE EVENING. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT THOUGH.
ON SUNDAY...A BAND OF MID CLOUDS AND PERHAPS SOME FLURRIES SHOULD
AFFECT THE AREA. OTHERWISE...TEMPS SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO TODAY.
.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 310 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
FOR MONDAY...MOISTURE RETURN WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE. IT SHOULD BECOME WINDY BY AFTERNOON
ALONG WITH INCREASING CLOUDS.
FOR MONDAY NIGHT...THE THREAT FOR LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE ALONG AND
EAST OF THE VALLEY. THERE WILL BE STRONG MID LEVEL WAA AND SOME
SATURATION...SO THERE COULD BE PERHAPS UP TO AN INCH BY TUESDAY
MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE N/NW AFTER 06Z TUE.
ON TUESDAY...STRONG LOW LEVEL CAA IS EXPECTED WITH ABOUT 35KT TO
MIX FROM 925 MB. EXPECT A WINDY AND COLD DAY WITH TEMPS LIKELY
STEADY OR FALLING THROUGH THE DAY WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS
DEVELOPING BY EVENING.
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF COLD AIR WILL PUSH
ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. CAA BEHIND
BOUNDARY WILL MAKE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS THE COLDEST OF
THE WEEK. OTHERWISE...THE UPPER RIDGE REBOUNDS BY THE END OF THE
PERIOD...WITH GUSTY SW WINDS AND THICKNESS VALUES INDICATING
TEMPERATURES APPROACHING THE FREEZING MARK. LITTLE PCPN IS FORECAST
THRU THE END OF THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 657 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
BAND OF PRECIP MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WAS PRODUCING OCCASIONAL IFR
CONDITIONS MAINLY FROM VISIBILITIES UNDER 3 MILES. CIGS GENERALLY
FALL TO AROUND 15 HUNDRED FT. CLEARING WAS OCCURRING OVER EASTERN
ND. EXPECT OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS OVER NORTHWEST MN AS PRECIP
BAND MOVES THROUGH. CLEARING FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. NEXT SYSTEM
APPROACHES LATE TONIGHT AND SUN. HIGH LEVEL CIGS ABOVE 20 THOUSAND
FT WILL LOWER SUN MORNING. MAY HAVE MVFR CONDITIONS SUN AFTERNOON.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...HOPPES
SHORT TERM...DK
LONG TERM...HOPKINS/DK
AVIATION...HOPPES